Chicken-brooder.



"No. 654,3". Patented July 24, |900.

F..S. JAUUITH'. CHICKEN Bananen1 (.Application led Aug. 10, 1899.)

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FRANK S. JAQUITH, OF DES MOINES, IOWA, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN A. GETOI-IELL,HARRIET E. JAQUITH, AND MARY G. JAQUITH, OF SAME PLACE.

'. CHlCKEN.- BROO;DER.

SPECEFICATON forming part of Letters Patent No. 654,31 1, dated July 24,1960.

Application filed August l0, 1899. Serial No. 726,798. (No mode-Ll Toall whom, t may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK S. JAQUITH, a citizen of the United States,residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of IOWa,haveinvented a new and useful Ohicken- Broeder, of which the following is aspecification.

Heretofore in many instances baby chickens taken from an incubator andplaced in xo an artificial brooder have become feeble for want of asuficiently-warm and continuous equal temperature in all parts of thechamber in which they were confined and many have died from such cause.

x5 Thermostats for regulating heat in brooders have in many instancesoperated in such a manner as to allow currents of wind to extinguishlamps, so that no heat was generated and chickens in the broedersperished from zo cold before such accidents were discovered.

Disease also often occurs in chickens confined in broeders on account ofthe fioors becoming foul and neglected because of the labor anddifficulties incident to cleaning them frequently.

My object is to provide broeders in which an even temperature and properdegree of heat can be readily secured and maintained uniformlythroughout all parts of the spaces 3o or chambers in which chickens areconfined, to dispense with the use of thermostats for regulating heat,prevent accidental extinguishing of lamps by currents of wind, tofacilitate cleaning the floors, and to maintain a lpure atmosphere inthe broeder under the floor, as well as above the floor.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combinationof separable parts, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in 4o myclaims, and illustrated in the accompany- -ing drawings, in which-Figure l is a perspective view of my inven tion from a rear point ofview, showing it resting upon the surface of the ground and thelamp-chamber partially embedded in the ground. Fig. 2 is aperspectiveview taken from a position in front of the brooder and showsthe opening in front through which chickens can pass in and out. Fig. 3is a ver- 5o tical and longitudinal sectional view showing the relativepositions of the lamp-chamber under the base, the Water-heating tank,the heat-conductor under the tank, the removable lioor on top ofthetank, and the removable case iitted on top of the base. Fig. 4 is 55 atransverse sectional view on the line as @cof Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is anenlarged sectional view of the lamp-heater and air-conductor combinedtherewith. Fig. 6 is a transverse sectional view on the line g/ yof'Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a diagrammatical view of one of a number ofinterchangeable plates provided with openings that vary in size for thepassage of chickens of different size; and Fig. 8 is a detail view, on ahorizontal line immediately above the passage-way in the front of thecase, and shows how the Vplates are detachably connected with the insidefaceof the front of the case.

The letter A designates the base ofthe structure,composed of arectangular wooden frame and a wooden iioor A2, fixed to the frame bynailing or in any suitable Way in such a manner that a tank can bedetachably placed upon the iioor and within the frame and a cover littedon top of the frame and removably placedthereon to inclose the tank. Alamp-chamber B, made of sheet'metal and provided with iianges at itsopen top, is xed to the bottom of the floor A2, at a rear corner portionof the base, in such a manner that it Will extend rearward. from thebase, as shown in Fig. l.

B2 is an air-conductor fixed to the outside of the lamp-chamber tocommunicate there 85 with, as shown in Fig. 5. It has an arched top B3,that serves as a guard to prevent currents of wind from entering andextinguish ing the lamp. s

BL is a removable cover on that part of the 9o lamp-chamber that extendsoutward from the frame and allows access to a lamp in the chamber.

O is a flat tank made of sheet metal and adapted in shape and size to beplaced on top of the lioor of the base A. It has a hot-air conductor C2fixed to its bottom to extend from the lamp-chamber at its one endportion to the other end, as shown in Fig. 4c, and an open-ended tubularextension O3, fixed to the conductor to enter the top of thelamp-chamber, as required to establish communication therewith. Anopen-topped tube d is fixed in the top of the tank and adapted forpouring Water through it into the tank.

To adapt the base A and tank O to be sep- ICC arated at pleasure andalso to provide an exit for products of combustion from a lampchamberunder the Hoor and through the conductor C2, an auxiliary conductor fis'iixed in the base, as shown in Fig. 3, or in any snitable way tocommunicate with the said main conductor, so that smoke and fumes willbe prevented from affecting the atmosphere in the brood-chamber abovethe tank and to facilitate separating the different parts.

H is a removable floor composed of thin wooden boards fixed tocross-pieces on their under sides and adapted to rest upon the top ofthe tank C in such a manner that heat radiating from the tank cancirculate under the wooden floor; also, in such a manner that the floorcan be readily lifted out to facilitate cleaning.

J is a wooden case fitted on top of the frame of the base. Its rearportion has a fixed top J2 and its front portion inclines downwardtherefrom and has a hinged window J 3, that can be raised to gain accessto the interior and through which chickens on the floor of the chambercan be observed when thewindow is in a closed position, as shown in Fig.2.

ventilators fm are fixed in the top J 2 of the case.

At the ends of an opening in the front and center of the case J arefixed bearings n to support interchangeable metal plates R, that haveopenings differing in size, as required to adapt the brooder forchickens differing in size at different ages.

S is a movable door for closing the openings.

A thermometer is suspended from the fiat top portion of the roof toindicate the degree of heat within the brood-chamber,as required forgoverning the generation of heat by means of a lamp placed in thelamp-chamber.

It is obvious that by extending the draftflue horizontally through theframe and under the tank it will not enter the brood-chamber above thetank, and consequently will not discharge smoke or gas into the chamberor prevent the maintaining of a uniform temperature in all parts of thebrood-chamber, all parts of which chamber are designed to be occupied bythe chicks at their pleasure.

Having thus described 'the construction,v

function, arrangement, and combination of the different parts, thepractical operation and utility of my invention will` be readilyunderstood by persons familiar with the art to which it pertains, and

What I therefore claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patenttherefor, is-

l. In a chicken-brooder a base consisting of arectangular movable framehaving a floor fixed to its under side and a lamp-chamber nxed to thebottom of the board and a portion of said chamber extended outwardlaterally from the base and provided with a movable cover on the upperside for gaining access thereto and an air-conductor communicating withthe lower part of the lamp-chamber and provided with an extension at itstop opening downwardfto admit air to pass upward before it can descendthrough the conductor to the lam p-chamber, arranged and combined tooperate in the manner set forth for the purposes stated.'

2. In a chicken-brooder, a base composed of a frame having a passage-wayfor communicating with the heat-conductor of a lampchamber, floor-boardsfixed to the frame and adapted to support a tank, aremovable tank fittedWithin the frame and upon the fioor, a heat-conductor fixed to thebottom of the tank and adapted to communicate with the passage in theframe at one end and with alampchamber at its inner end and a removablelamp-chamber under the tank and a portion thereof extended beyond thetank and provided with a movable cover and a fixed airconductorextending from the lower portion of the heater upward and its topopening downward, arranged and combined to operate in the manner setforth for the purposes stated.

3. In a chicken-broeder, a lamp-heater fixed to the bottom of a movablebase to communicate with a heat-conductor fixed to the bottom of a tankand a portion of the heaterextended from the tank and provided with amovable cover and an air-conductor having a top to open downward andcommunicating with the lower portion of the heater, in combination witha removable base and a removable flat-bottomed tank having a fixedheatconductor extending from the lamp-heater to the end of the tank, asshown and described, for the purposes stated.

et. A chicken-brooder comprising a plurality of separable parts, to wit:abase composed of a frame having a passage for a heat-conductor, aheat-conductor in said passage and a fioor fixed to the frame, alamp-chamber fixed to the bottom of the base and an opentopped portionof the chamber extended outward from the frame and provided with amovable cover, an air-conveyer fixed to the lamp- -chamber tocommunicate with the lower part thereof and opening downward at its top,a fiat metal water-tank placed removably on IIO IIS

top of the fioor portion of the base, a hot-air conductor fixed to thebottom of the tank and one end communicating with the lamp-chamber andthe other end with an airpassage extending through the frame of thebase, a removable fioor fitted on top of the tank and a` FRANK S.JAQUITH.

Witnesses:

REUBEN G. ORWIG, THoMAs G. ORwIG.

